Rail-joint.



J. M. CUNNINGHAM.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.27.1908.

Patented July 6,A 1909.

` View of tiziol iis illustrated in Fig. l.

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ne. senseo :estantes July e, 1909.

npplication filed october 27, 1908. Serial No. 459,677. f

Stilte oi illinois, lieve invented eertsin new end useful improvements in ReilJoints,h of wliioli the fellowing),w is e specification.

Tl'ie present invention relates to improve ments in railway reil joints, tlie object of the invention being tlie provision of ii device for connecting tlie ends 'of adjoining rails of s railway tinck. ln use tlio siiddle, wliioli oon- Astitutes tlie essentiel eleinont of tlie inven tion, enables tlie reilrozid constructors to iisl semble end complete ai lionit oll this character in ai comparatively sliort tiine, end ne the operation of esseinbling 1ssiinple,. expert labor is not required. W lien in` plzioe, the ini- 'proved joint elords s sinootli sind continuous connection between the rails thus preventing pounding by passing rolling stock, ind :is tlie joint provides tlie` necessary elfi'stieitj, the weer upon tlie rolling stock is reduced to s minimum.

`Witli these objeets in View the invention consists in oertiiin novel features of oonstrucf tion end combinations :ind arrangements of ports es liereinefter described, end more psr.- tioolerly pointed ont in tile elsin'is.

ln' the accompanying drawings l lieve illustrated one exemple and ii niodi'licstion of the pliysiozil embodiment of the invention, Constructed seoordingto tlie best inodes .i lieve sol ilsr devised lor tlie pi'ziotioiil epplications oi tlie principles.

Figure lv is s pien 'View oi t portion of e sii, lor convenience, illiistrzitingl n psiir oi? joints embodying tlie festures ol' this invention. Fig. 2 is :i transverse,sectional Fig. 3 is en enlarged View illustrating ii mil end `tli'e joint plete or saddle. liig. l .is s per-speetive View of tlio saddle, :ind l"-1 5 `is s seetionsil .View illustrating e modified construetion for 1lering; tlie seddle or joint plete. As in. sli npprovei'i typos oi i'nil joints tlie present invention contemplates tlie'lo'ostioi'i ol' tlfie joint pliite or saddle l between :i pain' oil ties 12, il', :Lind tlie ties fire preferably recessed or simi es et il to provide i sont upon wliicli tbe bottoni plete 4 of the saddle niiiy rest, and tiro spikes 5 serve to iirinlgT se oiire tlie saddle in plaine. Tlie snddle is con structed ol" i sli f eV to eoiilforn'i to tlie outline torined with top plates l form the wells ol s longitudinal oliennel which approximates tlie slinpe of the bose end web of tlierziil.

lin ssoinbling the `ioi'nt, the saddle is first seoiired to tlie ties, being-seated in the reoesses therein and secured by tlie spikes. The ends of tlie mils nre tlieninserted, or

one rnil, and tlie other rail end is inserted in tlie open end of. the saddle. The ends are brought together to tlieir proper loc-ation, and tlien the bolts ere passed through the l'ioles l0, 10 in the webs of tliessddles, which in el'l'eet constitute {ish-plates. A rail joint ...so constructed embodies many desirable festures, and its simplicity lends eli'eetiveness to its use. li desired I .insiy oinit'tlie bolts 9, the oountersunk saddle being suilioient -oo1i neotion betii'een rails.

In Fig. l lieve illustrated zi modified form of construction, wliei'ein the saddle is formed with. tapered sides 1l wliieli nre sdzipted to dore-teil witli tlie inclined sides .l2 of e, elisir i3 which is countersunk into tlie tie and may be secured thereto by spikes, es indicated in dotted lines.

Frein tl'ie sliovifi description lzilien in connection witli 'l'l'ie drawings it is evident that l lieve produf; d s' device wliieli fullils all the conditions set lorlli tlio. purpose- .find ob. ject ofniy invention.

Wirst l claim :is new :uid desire to secure by Letters Potent L lflie combination in n. iii-il joint and with :i piiir ol' ties l'iiiifiiig oiieli ii recess, ol'- n saddle sidelined to rest iii said recesses :nid se cured to llie ties, sind the ends of the adjoining rails secured in seid szi-ddle sfiid snddle extending longitudinally across two oli-the ties, end e pair of isstenings connecting` the sett i die ,with escli tie arranged st nn incline with referenoo to enoli otlieiiwitli the liondsv of tlie festenings engaging tlie Lipper ffice of the saddles sii-id saddles having the Vertiezilportions which engage tlie web of the reil below tlie lined :ind et tlie upper side ol tlie :loot :md provide spaces on esoli side of the web.

l2. The eonibinzition in :i i'z'iil :ind witli n, psir oit ties, oi i sziddlc having n. olinniiel oonforming to tlie outline oi' tlie beso ind web of `rolls secured. tl'ieioiii, :ind nieains for securing the saddle-to tlie ties seid ssddle extending longitiid'iinilly fioross two of tlie ties, and ai peli' ol sstenings connecting the saddle witli esoli tie :ind srrainged zit sninclino with referenoe to ezieli other with the heads of the rather tlie saddle is placed. over the end ofA fastenings engaging the upper face of the chairs, and une ends of adjoining rails se# 10 saddles said saddles having the Vertical porcured in said saddle.

tions which engage the web of the rail below In testimony whereof I eiiix my signature,- the head end at the upper side ofthe foot and in presence of tWo Witnesses. 5 provide spaces on each side of the web. JAMES M CUNNINGHAM' 3. The combination in a rail joint and l with a pair of ties, chairs countersunk in the Witnesses: ties having inclined Walls, a saddle spanning R. W. HUDSON, the ties and having a dove-tail joint in said l ABRAHAM IILER.v 

